Vidhan Sabha constituency No. 123
Bhanjanagar assembly constituency
Bhanjanagar is one of 147 seats in the Odisha Legislative Assembly, in Ganjam district and the Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency. In 2024 it elected Pradyumna Kumar Nayak of the Bharatiya Janata Party, by 16,324 votes.
- MLA (2024)
- Pradyumna Kumar Nayak
- Party
- Bharatiya Janata Party
- Electors
- 2,39,901
- Turnout (2024)
- 68.43%
Election results
2024
Turnout 68.43% · 1,64,171 votes · Margin 16,324
| Pradyumna Kumar NayakWonBharatiya Janata Party | 51.06% | 83,822 | |
| Bikram Keshari ArukhaBiju Janata Dal | 41.11% | 67,498 | |
| Prasanta Kumar BisoyiIndian National Congress | 3.13% | 5,136 | |
| None of the aboveNone of the above | 1.18% | 1,941 |
2019
Turnout 68.72% · 1,58,302 votes · Margin 9,103
| Bikram Keshari ArukhaWonBiju Janata Dal | 48.56% | 76,879 | |
| Pradyumna Kumar NayakBharatiya Janata Party | 42.81% | 67,776 | |
| Sanjay Kumar TripathyIndian National Congress | 4.47% | 7,069 | |
| None of the aboveNone of the above | 0.91% | 1,441 |
2014
Turnout 69.87% · 1,46,711 votes · Margin 31,701
| Bikram Keshari ArukhaWonBiju Janata Dal | 56.21% | 82,467 | |
| Binayak TripathyIndian National Congress | 34.6% | 50,766 | |
| Pradeep Kumar SahuBharatiya Janata Party | 5.34% | 7,834 | |
| None of the aboveNone of the above | 1.91% | 2,807 |
2009
Turnout 59.93% · 1,18,328 votes · Margin 73,367
| Bikram Keshari ArukhaWonBiju Janata Dal | 76.49% | 90,515 | |
| Debi Prasad BisoyiIndian National Congress | 14.49% | 17,148 | |
| Shibananda TripathyBharatiya Janata Party | 5.26% | 6,228 |
Members elected since 1957
| Year | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Pradyumna Kumar Nayak | |
| 2019 | Bikram Keshari Arukha | |
| 2014 | Bikram Keshari Arukha | |
| 2009 | Bikram Keshari Arukha | |
| 2004 | Bikram Keshari Arukha | |
| 2000 | Bikram Keshari Arukha | |
| 1995 | Bikram Keshari Arukha | |
| 1990 | Ramakrushna Gouda | |
| 1985 | Umakanta Mishra | Indian National Congress |
| 1980 | Somanath Rath | Indian National Congress (I) |
| 1977 | J.Subharao Prusty | Janata Party |
| 1974 | Somanath Rath | Indian National Congress |
| 1971 | Somanath Rath | Indian National Congress (R) |
| 1967 | Dinabandhu Behera | Indian National Congress |
| 1961 | Maguni Charan Pradhan | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | Suma Naik | Communist Party of India |
| 1957 | Govind Pradhan | Communist Party of India |
Area covered
22 Gram panchayat (From 141 villages) and 2 blocks namely (Bhanjanagar block) Bhanjanagar, (Jagannathaprasad block) Jagannath Prasad, Ganjam.
As set by the Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 2008.
Towns: Bhanjanagar
Bhanjanagar block · 22 of 22 gram panchayats
Jagannathprasad block · 25 of 25 gram panchayats
Panchayats matched by Odiapedia from the order's wording to the Local Government Directory (2022) names; boundaries may have changed since 2008.